diff --git a/apps/plugins/viewer.c b/apps/plugins/viewer.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7e03c55..2b82961
--- a/apps/plugins/viewer.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/viewer.c
@@ -447,8 +447,10 @@ unsigned char* get_ucs(const unsigned char* str, unsigned short* ch)
     rb->iso_decode(str, utf8_tmp, prefs.encoding, count);
     rb->utf8decode(utf8_tmp, ch);
 
+    if (*str < 0x80 || prefs.encoding < SJIS)
+         return (unsigned char*)str+1;
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
-    if ((prefs.encoding == SJIS && *str > 0xA0 && *str < 0xE0) || prefs.encoding < SJIS)
+    if (prefs.encoding == SJIS && *str > 0xA0 && *str < 0xE0)
         return (unsigned char*)str+1;
     else
 #endif